vociferate
/vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/
"vociferate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vociferate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cry out with vehemence
Corpus desk
Index EN-vociferate · vociferate · English
vociferate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vociferate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vociferate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vociferate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /vəʊˈsɪfəɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vociferate in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (“to vociferate”), from vox, vocis (“voice”) + ferre (“to bear”). See voice, and bear (“to carry”). The correct English form is vociferate, spelled V-O-C-I-F-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To cry out with vehemence
- 2To utter with a loud voice; to shout out.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vociferate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right,
He then began to vociferate pretty loudly, and at last an old woman, opening an upper casement, asked, Who they were, and what they wanted?
Etymology
From Latin vociferatus, past participle of vociferari (“to vociferate”), from vox, vocis (“voice”) + ferre (“to bear”). See voice, and bear (“to carry”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.